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Sunday 31 May 2015

Going cuckoo....

How thrilled was I this week, when I got to play with 'Ikes Art - Cuckoo Clock'!?!
The theme over at Glitter n Sparkle, is..
"include an animal"
(on the last count, there were:
2 birds, one owl, three butterflies and a squirrel)
I love this image -
although it was a real challenge to colour! 
(You kinda think it all needs to be brown,
like a wooden cuckoo clock....)


...but I took that challenge and did my best with it. 
(Actually, I made a card after colouring the image, and just hated it, 
so ripped it up and binned what I couldn't reuse.
I had to print out the image again and I had a much better stab at it... )
So this is card number 2.
I'm much more pleased with it!
I coloured this with my promarkers...and used about 6 different shades of brown
 and 2 different greens
The two little birds (underneath the clock)
 were from my memory box die, which just fit beautifully.
The diecut corners are from a cuttlebug die that I got recently
(a bargain £1 for 4 corner dies,,,still sealed!)
and the butterflies are punched from my old favourite..Martha Stewart.
The distressed looking background is another fairly new item I have...
I won this on a blog challenge last year and hadn't got round to using it yet.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafty calendar - things with wings - 5 June
Fairytale  - feathers and wings - 6 June
Simply create too - KISS - 5 June
Simply papercraft - anything goes - 4 June
Crafty creations - all creatures great and small - 8 June
Crafty gals - critters - 2 June
Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 2 June
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 2 June
Tuesday throwdown - anything goes - 2 June
The pink elephant - anything goes - 1 June
Love to craft - anything goes - 1 June
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 31 May

Sunday 24 May 2015

Girly

This week, I got the gorgeous image - "spa ha ha" from sweet pea stamps.
The challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle is "one for the ladies!" 
and I thought this card would suit one of my friends, brilliantly...

I love this image and didn't think it would need a lot of extra 'doing to it.'
Before printing out the image, I added the sentiment that came with it.
I did a really quick colour of the ladies skin, hair and bathrobes.
and embossed around the whole thing, then matted onto some patterned blue paper.
That was it!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Scrappers delights - anything goes - 31 May
Showcase your style - friendship - 27 May
Suzi bees - make it girly - 30 May
Polkadoodles - girly but no pink - 5 June
Crafting by designs - sentiments- 27 May
Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 27 May
Creative corner - anything goes - 29 May
Creative knockouts - sentimentally yours - 28 May

Sunday 17 May 2015

A sweet card

I got this wonderful image - strawberry muffin - from Sunflowerfield designS,
for the challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle, which is 
USE RIBBON.

Almost immediately, I knew I wanted to use a red / white colour scheme, just because of
those delicious looking strawberries!
I diecut the border strip with my 'charlotte' memory-box die. 
The sentiment was printed on the pc.
I decoupaged the image and coloured it all with promarkers.
My favourite Martha Stewart punched butterflies made another appearance on this card, too:)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sister act - anything goes - 22 May
Wags n whiskers - lots of layers - 29 May
C.R.A.F.T - birthday - 21 May
Fresh brewed designs - add ribbon or twine - 20 May
Imagination destination - anything goes - 20 May
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 20 May


Monday 11 May 2015

Congratulations!

A supply teacher at our school was taken on permanently last week,. and she's thrilled.
So, I made her this card... and she loved it!
She said..."It's just my style!"
:)

The image is one I won, a while back, over at Beansie doodles...
she is called "Zilpha" and I thought this would be just perfect for the card.
I coloured her first, then picked a backing paper to go with her. 
This is actually a scrap - a piece I had saved, as it was a nice size and super, spring colours!
Its a lovely quality backing paper, I just found in my stash...
with glitter lines inbetween each stripe of colour.
A simple sentiment and a few punched butterflies, with an embossed edge
finished this card.

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Hiding in my craft room - use your scraps - 16 May
Simply papercraft - anything goes / CAS - 21 May
Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 15 May
Crafty catz - CAS - 15 May
Craft for the craic - wings - 31 May
Chocolate coffee and cards - spring has sprung - 15 May
Art impressions - lovely ladies - 21 May
Fantastic tuesday - pastel colours - 12 May
Whimsy stamps - colour an image - 17 May
Pennys papercrafty - anything goes 12 May
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 18 May
Craft your passion - anything goes - 18 May
Avenue 613 - lets celebrate - 17 May

Sunday 10 May 2015

Embossing.

I was waiting for another excuse to use this lovely, embossed frame...
and the time has come, as over at Glitter n Sparkle this week
the theme is "embossing... dry or heat"

The mermaid image is called "Mermaid Joelene" and it's from
Spellbinding Stamps.
It is a lovely crisp image and gorgeous to colour. 
I used my promarkers and mirage pens to colour her, 
and I added a sentiment from the pc, and a little more embossing behind her, 
using one of my embossing folders.
I used Glossy Accents on all the bubbles.
and finished by inking the edges of the frame .

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Just us girls - embossing - 15 May
Sister act - anything goes - 15 May
Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 15 May
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 12 May
Papertake weekly - anything goes - 12 May
Doodle pantry - use a digi image - 26 May
Whimsy stamps - colour an image - 17 May
Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 12 May
Eureka stamps - feminine card - 11 May
Ave 613 - anything goes / lets celebrate - 17 May
Sentimental sundays - really girly - 17 May


Sunday 3 May 2015

Daisy delite


I just think this image is sooo sweet - It's called "Daisy delite daisy love pin up"
and it's from Lacey Sunshine.
It's the old favourite challenge this week, over at Glitter and Sparkle - 
it's ANYTHING GOES...

I had a friend in mind when I made this,
and I know she loves the green / yellow combo,
so used my promarkers to colour the image. 
The sentiment comes from Pink Petticoat
and the backing papers are from a set of 6 x 6 papers that I bought recently
in 'The Works'.
I punched the butterflies.
Inking all the edges gave it a bit of a softer feel.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Allsorts - april showers bring may flowers - 8 May
Catch the bug - anything goes - 8 May
Crafty calendar - things with wings - 1 June
Brown sugar - anything goes - 6 May
Chocolate coffee and cards - spring has spring - 14 May
Crafts 4 eternity - inspired by nature - 7 May
Fussy n fancy - lots of flowers - 14 May
Simply create too - pretty woman - 7 May
Thats crafty - keep it simple - 8 May
4 crafty chicks - anything goes - 6 May
Aud sentiments - things with wings plus sentiment - 6 May
Cute card thursday - use a sentiment - 6 May
Crafting by designs - anything goes - 25 May
Inspiration destination - anything goes - 6 May
Whimsy inspires - colour an image - 17 May
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 3 May
Crafts galore encore - anything goes - 30 May
Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper - use pattered paper - 31 May
Karleigh sue - may flowers - 31 May
Noor uk - flowers - 31 May
Come and get it - female - 9 May

Friday 1 May 2015

Big birthday wishes.

This months challenge, over at Pattie's Creations, is to
"use flowers in your image" 
(Just flower embellishments are not enough... you must have flowers in your image.)

I used "thinking of you" from Patties Creations....


The image actually comes with the thinking of you sentiment, 
but I wanted to use this to make a card for my friends BIG birthday, so put a pink petticoat
sentiment with the image for this card.
It was lovely to colour with my promarkers and mirage pens. 
I added some stickles sparkle to the butterflies wings
(which is really hard to capture in a photo).
I finished off by edging, with a pin! 
(I carefully poked it in and out, all around the edge, to make a different kind of border.)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

My time to craft - spring flowers - 1 May
Crafty calendar - add a sentiment - 1 May
That's crafty - keep it simple - 7 May
Aud sentiments - things with wings plus sentiment - 6 May
Love to scrap - anything goes - 3 May
Crafting by designs - anything goes - 6 May
Whimsy - colour an image - 16 May
Digi choosday - CAS - 19 May
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 5 May
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 3 May
Craft your passion - anything goes - 3 May
Crafty boots - thing with wings - 10 May
Come and get it - spring is in the air - 3 May